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• When looking for a slang word with a particular meaning, use the Thematic Index. It serves as a reverse index for slang and colloquial expressions. • For a list of all the phrases containing a specific slang word, look up that word in the Index of Hidden Key Words. • Because most racial matters in American slang relate to skin color,
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This document provides a preface and introduction to the English Dictionary of Modern Slang book. It summarizes the book as an optimal guide for beginners and advanced English learners, compiling meaningful slang words that are in current usage from 1950-2013.
Welcome to this book designed to help you expand your knowledge of slang in American English. My goal is to help you speak and write more fluently. Let's face it, English can be difficult to master, even for the best students.
The definitive work on slang and unconventional English, this edition is fully revised and updated by Paul Beale and includes some 500 new entries. The dictionary gives a fully documented account of English slang over four centuries and will entertain and inform all lovers of the English language.
- Eric Partridge
- 1st Edition
- 1937
Oct 31, 2024 · Drawing on the unique resources of the Oxford English Dictionary and offering coverage of over 6,000 slang words and expressions from the Cockney ‘abaht’ to the American term ‘zowie’, this is the most authoritative dictionary of slang from the 20th and 21st centuries.
This document is the preface to the first edition of "A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words." The author explains that to truly understand slang and cant terms, one would need to immerse themselves in the environments where such language is used.
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